Hannah Whisenant is a queer filmmaker born and raised in the Texas hill country, currently based in Brooklyn. Her films have premiered at festivals such as SXSW, Austin Film Festival, and Chain NYC Film Festival and the Women's Film Fest San Diego. Hannah studied filmmaking at the University of Texas and Austin and was selected as the Fall 2020 Gary Winick Visionary Narrative fellow at Jacob Burns Film Center. She is interested in blending documentary and narrative elements, while her filmmaking aims to subvert stereotypes and largely focuses on how relationships and oppressive systems impact the ways in which we navigate the world.
